title: An atypical Clostridium strain related to the Clostridium botulinum group III strain isolated from a human blood culture.
abstract: A nontoxigenic strain isolated from a fatal human case of bacterial sepsis was identified as a Clostridium strain from Clostridium botulinum group III, based on the phenotypic characters and 16S rRNA gene sequence, and was found to be related to the mosaic C. botulinum D/C strain according to a multilocus sequence analysis of 5 housekeeping genes.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Bactéries Anaérobies et Toxines, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouvet
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruimy
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchier
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Faucher
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazuet
authors.forename: Michel R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Popoff
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D047968:Clostridium botulinum type C / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D047969:Clostridium botulinum type D / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S